Ireland's police are to be given access to face recognition technology as part of a five-year modernisation programme.The biometric tech was included in details of the modernisation programme of the Gardai, a term for Ireland's National Police Service, which includes US$226m to be spent on ICT.Gardai on patrol will also have access to mobile devices by the start of next year, which will enable them to have remote access to criminal files.Commissioner Noirin O'Sullivan has said they reviewed 43 reports into An Garda Siochana to inform this programme; “We looked at all of the criticisms, all of the lessons, all of the learnings, particularly where there were major deficiencies found, in the way that we carry out our work.”Included in that is the most recent O'Higgins report, we spent time carefully and actively listening to and learning from communities.”We spent time listening to and learning from our own people.”In February, the Gardai unveiled new facial recognition software to identify suspects in serious crimesThe system is called Evo-FIT and is already being used by 16 police services in the UK.
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